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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Brooks Adams
Historian
24-Jun-1848 13-Feb-1927 The Law of Civilization and Decay
Roger Allin
Politician
18-Dec-1848 1-Jan-1936 Governor of North Dakota, 1895-97
William Waldorf Astor
Publisher
31-Mar-1848 18-Oct-1919 The Observer
Arthur Balfour
Head of State
25-Jul-1848 19-Mar-1930 UK Prime Minister, 1902-05
John G. Brady
Politician
25-May-1848 17-Dec-1918 Territorial Governor of Alaska 1897-1906
Wyatt Earp
Government
19-Mar-1848 13-Jan-1929 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Gottlob Frege
Mathematician
8-Nov-1848 26-Jul-1925 Mathematical logician
Paul Gauguin
Painter
7-Jun-1848 8-May-1903 French post-impressionist painter
Joel Chandler Harris
Novelist
9-Dec-1848 3-Jul-1908 Uncle Remus
Joris-Karl Huysmans
Author
5-Feb-1848 12-May-1907 Decadent author, À Rebours
Lilli Lehmann
Singer
24-Nov-1848 17-May-1929 Operatic, Wagnerian soprano
Frank McLaury
Criminal
3-Mar-1848 26-Oct-1881 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Alexander Muirhead
Physicist
26-May-1848 13-Dec-1920 Submarine cable telegraphy
George T. Oliver
Politician
26-Jan-1848 22-Jan-1919 US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1909-17
Vladimir de Pachmann
Pianist
27-Jul-1848 6-Jan-1933 Histrionic Russian pianist, known for Chopin
Albert Parsons
Activist
20-Jun-1848 11-Nov-1887 Haymarket Martyr
James Ford Rhodes
Author
1-May-1848 22-Jan-1927 History of the Civil War
Henry Augustus Rowland
Physicist
27-Nov-1848 16-Apr-1901 Studied optics, magnetism, etc.
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Sculptor
1-Mar-1848 3-Aug-1907 Leading 19th c. American sculptor
Leslie M. Shaw
Government
2-Nov-1848 28-Mar-1932 US Treasury Secretary, 1902-07
James Murray Spangler
Inventor
20-Nov-1848 22-Jan-1915 Invented the upright vacuum cleaner
Belle Starr
Criminal
5-Feb-1848 3-Feb-1889 Bandit Queen of the Old West
William J. Stone
Politician
7-May-1848 14-Apr-1918 Governor and Senator from Missouri
Ellen Terry
Actor
27-Feb-1848 21-Jul-1928 Shakespearean stage actress
Louis Comfort Tiffany
Artist
18-Feb-1848 17-Jan-1933 Stained glassmaker, jewelry designer
Matthew Webb
Swimmer
18-Jan-1848 24-Jul-1883 First to swim the English Channel


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